The Danny Miranda Podcast

Josh co-founded Lux Capital to support scientists and entrepreneurs. He has been described as "The Renaissance Man of Venture Capital" for his ability to spot trends and see where the world is moving.   In this conversation, we spoke about how to meet a partner, why you should connect with strangers, what it's really like to work with Bill Gates, what true wealth is for Josh, how to parent your children, and much more.   (0:00) “I hope you make a billion”  (3:45) Preparation (5:49) Connecting with strangers  (10:43) Wife  (15:35) Learning  (18:14) Chips on shoulders put chips in pockets  (20:43) 100-0-100  (23:30) Bill Gates  (26:01) Does this person respect me?  (28:30) Parenting  (35:21) True wealth  (36:57) Danny Kahneman  (37:40) Hardest bias   Josh on Twitter – https://twitter.com/wolfejosh  Continue the conversation with me...     🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Entrepreneur Zach Pogrob talks about growing a premium photo booth business, building an audience through content, and studying creators like Alex Hormozi. They explore obsession, the inner voice that pushes people to create, and how social media can both connect and drain us. Plus, Zach shares a fresh way to rethink tough decisions and reflects on ambition, friendship, and finding the next step.

Sam Parr recounts building The Hustle, chasing bold experiences, and landing a multimillion-dollar payday before 32. He gets into getting sober, early misadventures that led to jail, copywriting tricks, psychedelics, strange habits, and how he met his wife. Along the way, he shares his fascination with successful oddballs, fitness, and life between Austin and New York.

Timm Chiusano is a 44-year-old marketing executive at a Fortune 100 company by day. But at night he's a TikToker with over 486,000 followers.  His videos are often personal, creative, and filled with sound advice. His style reminds many viewers of Casey Neistat – for the way he's able to tell a tremendous story and make the viewer feel like they *really* know him. (0:00) Timm’s Creativity (6:41) Timm’s First Creative Acts (10:20) Pushback On Creativity (16:22) Curiosity (21:00) Childhood (24:21) Crazy Schedule (29:10) “There’s Nothing Special About Me, Just You” (31:57) Mental Health Days (35:01) Overcoming Childhood Trauma (37:45) Attitude Is A Skill (43:48) Kindness = Exciting (46:18) The Truman Show (50:21) Casey Neistat (56:17) Feeling Awkward (1:02:01) Girl Dad (1:05:01) Timm’s Wife (1:13:54) Learning From Everyone (1:18:20) Taking Nothing Personal (1:26:28) Pain & Loss (1:35:19) Lack of Judgment (1:42:01) “I Don’t Know What To Do” (1:46:25) Timm Appreciation - Resources Mentioned   • Sleeper (Amazon Prime Video) – https://www.amazon.com/Sleeper-Woody-Allen/dp/B00950V6SQ  • Seth Godin's Blog – https://seths.blog/  • The Royal Tenenbaums (Disney Plus) – https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/the-royal-tenenbaums  • Rushmore (Disney Plus) – https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/rushmore/4PESa2gTrw52  • Andrew Murnane – https://tiktok.com/@notandrewmurnane - This episode was recorded on July 9, 2022. - Timm on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@timmchiusano?lang=en Timm on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/timmchiusano Timm's Links – https://linktr.ee/timmchiusano - Continue the conversation with me... 🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is the author of Don't Trust Your Gut and Everybody Lies. In this conversation, we spoke about how Bill Gates read Seth's first book, why you should flood the market, and the surprising data behind who's *really* rich in the United States.   (0:00) Coming up…  (0:40) Seth’s college paper  (4:10) “Moneyball for your life”  (8:13) Mappiness Project  (14:00) How to read studies  (18:18) What it takes to be rich  (25:33) James Altucher  (27:20) Flood the market  (33:54) Clever tactic for choosing what to write about  (35:07) Mona Lisa Test  (41:22) Music preference  (43:15) How does data hurt us?  (46:40) Nature  (48:22) Social media  (50:01) What’s Seth’s biggest addiction?  (53:35) Extroverts vs. introverts  (58:30) Seth’s hardest day  (1:00:50) “We’re living through an explosion of data that will transform the world”   Seth's Twitter – https://twitter.com/SethS_D Don't Trust Your Gut – https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Trust-Your-Gut-Really/dp/0062880918  Continue the conversation with me...    🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Elliot Choy is a YouTuber with more than 1 million subscribers. Over the past four years, his videos have been watched 91,000,000 times. He has recently moved into an apartment in NYC with his creator friends called Ur Moms House.    In this interview, we spoke about going viral, his favorite book, meeting Gary Vaynerchuk, and what life is really like as someone who has 1 million subscribers.    (0:00) Intro  (0:52) Elliot’s early career choices  (5:25) Gary V’s influence  (6:47) Feeling cool  (9:03) Colin & Samir video  (11:41) Viral videos  (15:23) First non-viral video  (17:51) “10,000 views would feel terrible”  (20:21) Grabbing attention  (26:00) Meetup  (28:03) Mission   (29:54) Principles by Ray Dalio  (32:05) Emotional maturity  (34:51) ur mom’s house  (44:25) Meeting Gary Vaynerchuk  (47:23) Reading people  (50:12) Mental exercise  (54:10) Thank you, Elliot   YouTube –  @Elliot Choy   Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/elliotchoy/  Colin & Samir video on Ur Moms House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtMJFPyiLM Continue the conversation with me...   🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Neema Naz is a comedian and content creator. In this interview, he spoke about his climb into comedy, how he's built discipline, why the quarantine turned into a massive success, and how his impressions of Gary Vaynerchuk and David Goggins came to be.  (0:00) Intro  (0:41) VeeCon  (13:23) Neema's climb  (31:36) Building discipline  (38:48) Social media  (46:04) Standup vs. content creation  (49:45) Increased attention  (57:10) Building team  (1:04:33) Nuances of standup comedy  (1:07:21) Comedy special  (1:10:31) 10k YouTube subscribers  (1:14:45) Burnout  (1:26:10) David Goggins & Kobe Bryant  (1:32:52) Fans showing love  (1:36:54) Keep going  Neema's Links  TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@neemanaz  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neemanaz/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/neemanaztv  Continue the conversation with me...  🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda  🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Tiago Forte reflects on teaching, helping others, and how travel through Ukraine and Brazil changed his sense of comfort and risk. He shares the story behind filming his father, family interviews, parenting, and meditation retreats. The conversation also explores digital note-taking, creative work, email overload, and why creators can get too strategic.

Tejas Hullur is a creator. Over the past two years, he's gone from no online presence to smoking with Mike Tyson. In this conversation, we spoke about how Colin & Samir became mentors, and the life of a creator in 2022.   Topics: (0:00) Intro  (1:05) “It’s been the craziest 2 years of my life”  (7:21) Nobody really concentrates on the quality of a follower  (9:14) “You’re an embarrassment to the fraternity”  (10:46) Why was Tejas so passionate about creating?  (13:18) “Being a content creator is living 4 years in 1”  (14:28) Dropping out of college  (17:31) Leverage  (20:50) How to make decisions?  (24:47) Colin & Samir as mentors  (30:41) The highs and lows of creators  (32:58) Impactful practices for creativity  (36:08) Smoking a blunt with Mike Tyson  (45:41) Tejas’ focus on the dark side  (49:11) Hiring an editor  (53:03) Peer vs. mentor  (55:38) Fortune Magazine calling Tejas the modern-day “Tony Robbins”   (58:00) Getting recognized  (1:00:06) Storytelling: “Build up tension and release it”  (1:05:38) 4 elements to be a successful creator  (1:07:30) Idea to creation  (1:10:55) The importance of family  (1:21:22) Record your conversations with friends/family  (1:23:10) Dylan Lemay’s ice cream shop  (1:28:18) Tejas’ self-awareness  (1:29:52) Challenge for creators  (1:31:33) Challenge for anyone   Resources Mentioned  Joe Rogan and Naval (JRE 1309) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHkcs3kG44  My Ajja. (There Is No Life Without Death) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPloPNaag4Q  Tejas on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tejashullur Tejas on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tejashullur/  Continue the conversation with me...      🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda     📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda     🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda     🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Nate O'Brien started putting out YouTube videos in January 2017. Since then, he has built a following of over 1.25 million people while maintaining internal peace. In this conversation, he spoke about his path toward meditation, how he's set up R&D projects, and how he's had to work around his natural introversion.   (0:00) Intro  (0:41) Nate’s firewood business  (1:55) Mowing lawns with grandpa  (3:16) Early days of growing YouTube channel  (6:41) Work smarter, not harder   (7:47) Living in the wild  (8:37) Meditation  (12:21) YouTube comments  (13:45) Fame  (19:45) R&D projects  (21:29) Impactful books  (22:37) Nate on NFTs  (25:31) Why Nate loves accounting (26:21) “Introverts have to teach themselves how to interact”  (28:31) $500 of Amazon gift cards  (30:33) How to set goals  (31:41) 1.25 million subscribers  (32:56) Lots of messages  (34:01) Who’s doing life the right way?  (35:03) Spending time alone  (37:08) Steve Jobs quote  (41:03) Nate becoming a billionaire?  (43:33) Do people treat Nate differently? (44:32) Commonalities between people who have achieved massive success?  (45:32) Getting into a flow state  (47:12) Nate’s good trades and bad trades  (50:01) Investing podcasts  (51:07) Nate’s content expansion  (52:13) Minimalism  (54:08) Connecting with Nate   Nate's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NateOBrien Nate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nateobrienn/  Continue the conversation with me...     🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda    📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda    🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda    🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure